New Apple app launches in Britain that pays people to get fit
Co-founders of sweatcoin (L-R) Anton Derlyatka, Ranbir Arora and Oleg Fomenko pose for a photograph at their office in London, Britain. (Photo: Reuters) FRANKFURT – A free smartphone app…
Sydney student arrested over $4m bank glitch spending spree
Christine Jiaxin Lee. (Photo: Social Media/ Source: Facebook) A Sydney woman has been arrested for trying to flee the country after she wrongly received $4.6 million in her bank…
Turkish army hits back after rocket fire from Syria, kills four Islamic State fighters
People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in the rebel held area of Aleppo’s Baedeen district, Syria, May 3, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) DIYARBAKIR, Turkey –…
RBA deputy Philip Lowe to replace Glenn Stevens
Philip Lowe, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, right, speaks as Glenn Stevens, governor, listens during a hearing before the House of Representatives economics committee in Sydney, Australia.…
Vietnam warns ships of rising piracy threat
A military exercise on combating pirates at sea in Vietnam (Photo courtesy: vnexpress.net) The Vietnam Maritime Administration has issued a warning to ship owners and maritime transport companies after…
Raging fire threatens to reduce Canadian city to ashes, engulf airport
An aerial view from the helicopter of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley shows smoke rising from raging wildfires which caused the mandatory evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Photo: Reuters) …
Chinese tourists clash with Vietnamese border officers after they were ‘asked to give TIPS’
Photos of the clash emerge on Chinese blogging site Weibo (Photo courtesy: shanghaiist.com) Video footages of an argument between Chinese tourists and custom officials at a Vietnam airport on…
Australia agrees $208 million contract for 21 patrol boats
An employee looks at the propeller of a Scorpen submarine at the industrial site of the naval defence company and shipbuilder DCNS in La Montagne near Nantes, France. (Photo: Reuters)…
Australian Islamic State recruiter killed in U.S. airstrike in Iraq
A screenshot of Melbourne man Neil Prakash from an ISIS recruitment video An Australian citizen believed to be a top recruiter for the Islamic State has been killed in…
Indonesia to hold new round of executions; no word on foreigners
Indonesia President Joko Widodo (2nd L) talks to reporters after Indonesian hostages were released by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines, in Bogor Palace, Indonesia, May 1, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)…
